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(No Model.)

D. K. KEOHANE.

Swan/B02 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL K. KEOI-IANE, OF DEADYVOOD, DAKOTA TERRIITORY.

STEAMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.367,639, dated August2,1887.

Application filed March 23, 1857. Serial No. 23-2150. (No model.)'

To all whom it 12mg concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL K. KEOHANE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Deadwood, in the county of Lawrence, Dakota Territory, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Steamers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention is an improvement in steamers, such as are used to keephot and some times to cook various articles of food, its object being toprovide a steamer of compact form and simple and convenient arrangement,that will keep hot without burning a very large number of differentarticles, and will cook a large variety of the same; and it consists inthe construction and novel arrangement of parts hereinafter described,illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the claims heretoappended.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofthe improved steamer. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the samepassing through the water-gage. Fig. 3 represents a top plan with thecover removed. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the central post with thediaphragms.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the cylindrical bodyof the steamer, having its bottom preferably of copper, with the convexcover a, of usual construction, fitting into its mouth and provided witha fixed bail, as shown, for the purpose of easy handling.

a a are handles secured to the opposite side of the body, near its upperend, when the steamer is small and designed to be used intransportation. Vhen the steamer .islarge, it is preferably mounted atthe center of its bottom on a pivot, upon which it can be turned when itis desired to reach any drawer.

B is a hollow center post having secured upon it the circular diaphragmsb b, which, when the post is inserted into the body, divides theinterior of the latter into a number of eompartmentsone above the other.Each of the said diaphragms is provided near its edge with a circularseries of openings,through which communication is established from onecompartment to another.

The lowest compartment, 0, forms the boiler proper, and water isintroduced therein through the opening 0 at the lower end of the chuteo,

the edges of which are secured to the side edges of the opening and theopen upper end of which is covered by the hinged lid 0", as shown.

D D are rectangular openings made in circumferential series, one aboveanother, in the sides of the body A, with the lower edges of theopenings in each series flush with the upper surface of one of thediaphragms. Thus the openings in each series communicate with one of thecompartments d 11, formed by the diaphragms above the lowestcompartment, 0.

E E are drawers, each of which is arranged to slide into one oftheopenings D, with its bottom resting upon the adjacent diaphragm. henthe drawer is entirely inserted,the plate 6, that forms its outer end,and which is of larger area than the crosssection of the drawers, and iscurved to lie snugly against the convex surface of the body A, preventsthe drawer from being pushed entirely within the steamer, and alsocovers any space there may be between the drawer and the edges of thecorresponding opening D, so as to prevent so great an escape of steam atthat point. Each drawer is provided with a knob or handle on its outerend, and when drawn outward slides on a horizontal platform, F, securedto the side of the body flush with the lower edge of the opening Dcorresponding with the drawer and stayed bya brace-plate, f, incliningdownwardly and outwardly, to the body. Above each drawer is pivoted adetent-rod, G, with its free end bent outward to form a handheld. \Vhenthe drawer is fully inserted, the said rod can be turned down on itsfront plate to hold it in place.

I is a valve-gage of ordinary construction rising from the lower part ofthe compartment C for a proper distance to ascertain the height of waterin said compartment. \Vhen the water in the boiler is heated it risestherefrom into the compartments (1 at through the openings in thediaphragm b I) and completely surrounds the drawers D, containingdifferent articles of food in said compartment. The steam also rises inthe, hollow center post, heating the ends of the drawers which restagainst said post and passes from the upper end of the post downwardinto the compartments.

The steamer being cylindrieahand the draw ers entering into it untiltheir outer ends are flush with its sides,isn1ueh more compact than thesteamers in ordinary use, and as the steam surrounds the drawers on allsides it is more effective than the ordinary steamers, in which thesteam comes in contact with the bottoms only of the pans.

The steamer as it turns on its pivot is more convenient than theordinary steamer, as it can be turned till the desired drawer comes infront of the cook. The steamer may be made of any desired size, so as tocontain from four to one hundred or more drawers. The drawers, ifdesired, may have their bottoms perforated.

Having described my invention, I claim' 1. In a steamer for food, thecombination of the cylindrical body, the hollow central post within thesame, the perforated diaphragms secured to the post and dividing thebody into compartments, one above another, the lowest compartmentserving as a boiler, the lid or cover, and the drawers sliding throughopenings in the sides of the body upon the adja cent diaphragms,substantially as described.

2. In a steamer for food, the combination, with the body, provided withopenings arranged in circumferential series around it, and

the cover fitting the mouth of said body, of the hollow center post, theperforated diaphragms secured thereto and dividing the interior of thebody into compartments, one above the other, the drawers fitting intoand sliding through the openings in the b0(ly,'and thesupporting-platforms for said drawers attaehed to the sides of thesteamer, substantially as specified. v

3. The improved steamer for food herein described and shown, comprisingthe body A, having the openings D, .and the water-opening c and hingedlid 0' the platforms F, secured to the sides of the body A, thewater-gage I, the hollow Central post 13 within the body A, having thediaphragms I1 I) secured thereto, the drawers E, sliding through theopenings D upon the platforms F, and the diaphragms 12, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL K. KEOHANE.

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FRANK G. ABBOTT, XV. H. J onus.

